Dexter Ferenc

 Mark left the house around 6:15 am to drive all the way in to Peoria to turn the lights off at church. I decided to go feed the cat but when I got to the door there was a big praying mantis looking down at me on our door frame. It was pretty cool outside so I left her inside thinking I would let her out when it warmed up a bit but when I came back she was gone. 

I headed up to the barn at 6:30 am. The cat was fed then when I walked between the two buildings looking up and East the sky was turning colors and the moon was shining. The lights are on in the stall barn where the cat gets fed.

I needed to go through the stall barn to the other side to get a better picture of the sky plus it had lightened up a bit and the color on the clouds more intense by the time I took the picture.

Mark got home around 7:00 am.  Ruth and I walked a little early so we could get to Joan's house by 7:15 am. Ruth had to tell us all about her morning yesterday and how she ended up driving all over at 3:00 am. After the walk we went in to talk to mom and Karin. Ruth left for work but I stayed and cooked breakfast for them then went home to get some house work done and the baking done. The potatoes were peeled and put to soaking in salt water. The pork roast was allowed to come to room temperature and then sprinkled heavily with salt and pepper. The pumpkin pecan pie was mixed up and put in the oven to bake and while that was baking 8 eggs were hard boiled to be used for deviled eggs at our dinner tonight along with all the other food. The man staying in the 5th wheel will be checking out in 9 days. I'll have 1 day to clean it before the next guest moves in. This one wants to stay all of October. I started using the 5th wheel for airbnb on Aug 6th and it has stayed rented every day but one day since. It was a good investment. That is the 5th wheel behind Indy's colt. 

 Indy and her colt were taken out so Indy could be teased. She is just not showing. They were taken to the outdoor arena for a few pictures. He is a really nice mover.

Matt and Anni brought 1 day old baby Dexter Ferenc Ricketts over to see great grandma.

Mom was thrilled to hold her newest great grandchild. Matt and Anni are pretty thrilled too.

We are losing count of the greats. 

Today was mowing day. Joan had all the mowers going. Berlica was on the zero turn, Faith was on the grass hopper and Mackenson was using the push mower.

The dinner was all ready to take over to mom's by 4:50 pm. Mark came with me to help carry everything and every bite was delicious from the pork roast drizzled with gravy, the mashed potatoes and gravy, the apple sauce, the eggs, the vegetables and especially the pie! After supper Karin went over to help set up the hot tub at Joan's house. When she came back I left and got home at 7:00 pm just in time to go with Mark back in to Peoria to turn the lights back on at church. We got all the way to Sterling hill when the car started making a terrible screeching sound. We pulled off onto a side street and Mark climbed under looking for what must be dragging except there was nothing dragging. We decided to go on to church and check it out in the parking lot. When we arrived the church lights were on. Thank you to whoever did that. By this time the sound coming from the car wasn't near as bad as when it started. Below is a video of it once we got to the parking lot.

Mark checked all the tires then got the lug wrench out to make sure those were tight.

They all were and once we started driving home the sound stopped.